Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
WILDWOOD
Etymology
Noun
wildwood (plural wildwoods)
Woodland that has developed naturally, especially where a suitable climate has developed with it.
Proper noun
Wildwood
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Source: Wiktionary
Wild"wood, n.
Definition: A wild or unfrequented wood. Also used adjectively; as, wildwood flowers; wildwood echoes. Burns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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